I don’t have any specific schools in mind because I am unsure what range I fall in. I am a junior and have a 3.7 GPA. I have a 3.9 weighted GPA. I don’t take many challenging classes… I started out freshman year taking all regular classes but got straight A’s. I decided to challenge myself sophomore year and took 3 honors classes. I didn’t do that well my sophomore year for personal reasons, my grades weren’t my major focus at the time. That brought my GPA down. But, my junior year (this year) I’m pretty confident in getting my GPA up because I can easily get straight A’s. This year I only take 2 honors classes but have straight A’s in my first semester. Based on my grades, I don’t know where I fall because I don’t take that many challenging classes. I feel like my course load is too easy, but it’s too late to change my classes.
Concerning extra curriculars, I am on the speech and debate team, am president of a charity club,
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I also do a lot of volunteer work.
I guess my chances will depend on my SAT score too, but based on the above information… where should I be applying?
Colleges look for a rigorous HS schedule but it will depend upon which type of schools you are targeting.
What is your Home State? Intended major? Budget/year? And having test scores will help narrow down your choices.
Colleges will weight your GPA based on their own scale, so the best way to determine which schools would be good target schools is your unweighted GPA. At the end of Junior year, when you have your Cumulative GPA and test scores, plug these into the SuperMatch feature on this website and you can get a preliminary list of schools. Also update your Stats on this website and posters can then give you suggestions.
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While GPA is important, some colleges value rigor of courses you have taken more than mere GPA. However, Getting an A in a, say, English 12 will be considered better than getting a C in AP Lit. If you are not able to do well in tougher courses, then I suggest remaining the same.
As far as ECs go, I suggest spending more time on developing your EC as your EC seem a bit weak. If it is too late to change your courses while you are finding those courses very easy, then try to spend those remaining time you get on developing your ECs.
If you want to know which college takes what factors seriously and what not, check Common Data Set of each college, and go to Page C, which will give you information you might need.